GANJOUR v. I.N.S.

Nos. 85-4365, 85-4379.

796 F.2d 832 (1986)

Shahla GANJOUR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Fereidon FATHI-KOUHI-DEHKORDI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace R. Heitman and Randall Dixon Fife, Dallas, Tex., for petitioners.

Edwin Meese, III and William French Smith, Attys. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Robert L. Bombough, Director, Stewart Deutsch, Eloise Rosas, Richard M. Evans and David V. Bernal, Attys., Allen W. Hausman, Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., David H. Lambert, Dist. Dir., I.N.S., New Orleans, La., William J. Chambers and Ronald Chandler, Dist. Directors, I.N.S., Dallas, Tex., and John Mitchell Nevins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondent.

Before WILLIAMS, GARWOOD and HILL, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

These two consolidated cases come before us as petitions for review of the denial of applications for asylum, withholding of deportation, and suspension of deportation by the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS). We uphold the INS's determinations.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Our petitioners are Fereidon Fathi-Kouhi-Dehkourdi (Fathi) and Shahla Ganjour (Ganjour). They are husband and wife, and each is a native and...

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